Without any warning, a strange wave of energy suddenly swept over, making everyone look shocked.
Although this energy fluctuation is extremely slight and cannot be sensed by ordinary strong people, it is very obvious to everyone on our side with keen perception.
"What is this? Is it a summoning circle or magic trap that has been activated?"
A look of solemnity suddenly appeared on Fanny's fair face, and she blurted out.
"No, this is not in line with the way the dark elves cast spells. With the methods of the ancient dark elves, it will never be easy for people to perceive that the magic circle has been activated."
Ruth waved her hand, and while carefully sensing her surroundings, she frowned and said, "And, in this energy fluctuation, I seem to feel a breath of life."
"The eldest lady is right. Although the other party is obviously trying his best to hide himself, there is indeed an aura of vitality."
Myron gently stroked his neatly trimmed short white beard, the golden long bow shining in his hand, and echoed.
"A breath of life?"
Broy controlled two sixth-level alchemy puppets that looked a little embarrassed and had not yet been fully repaired. He looked around and raised his eyebrows: "What does this mean?"
"That is to say, what emits energy fluctuations is not a summoned magical creature such as a golem or puppet, but some kind of real life form."
Ruth looked solemn and explained: "Unfortunately, the strange energy fluctuation just passed by in a flash, and we were unable to locate its specific location."
"But this is an ancient ruin from before the blank era. It has been sealed in dust for more than three thousand years. How can there still be real life forms?"
Broy shivered involuntarily and leaned towards Lei Xiao again.
"Maybe it's some kind of magical beast that accidentally broke in."
Chris pondered for a moment and said thoughtfully: "After all, this place is not shrouded by an absolute defensive barrier or magic restriction. If there are some magical beasts that can go deep into the ground, they will easily enter here and even regard this place as
It’s a nest.”
"This is the most reasonable explanation. In the documents and records of the exploration of major ancient ruins, there are indeed many cases of monsters breaking in and even building nests."
Ruth nodded slightly, then frowned and said: "It's just that this kind of energy fluctuation is too special, so we'd better be careful."
"That's right, now that we know there are other unknown existences besides us here, we really can't be careless."
Lei Xiao gently rubbed his chin, looking thoughtful.
For me, the first thing I thought about this unknown life form was naturally the "eclipse" I encountered not long ago.
It's just that "Eclipse" hardly emits any energy fluctuations. Only when it attacks, it will be filled with obvious violence and disorder, which is obviously completely different from this unknown energy fluctuation.
However, it can be seen from the situation of the white knight that there is obviously more than one type of "eclipse", so this possibility cannot be completely ruled out.
As for what others said about Warcraft building a nest, it is also a reasonable speculation, but the unknown energy fluctuation is obviously deliberately hiding itself, and it is extremely vigilant. If it is really a Warcraft, it may be an extremely difficult existence to deal with.
"Beyond that, as to whether there are other possibilities, it's not yet known, but I always feel that things are not that simple."
Thinking of this in his mind, Lei Xiao gathered his thoughts, nodded to everyone and said: "The top priority is to find the location of the mineral vein as soon as possible and ensure a safe channel for us to mine. Let's move on."
"What His Majesty the Human Race said is absolutely true. No matter how big this ancient mine is, it will inevitably come to an end. As we move forward, the unknown existence will surely show its feet soon."
Ruth took a slow, deep breath, and then led a group of bright half-elves and dragon-born warriors to the front of the team again.
Lei Xiao and his team also followed closely, assisting Ruth and others in detecting and taking charge of vigilance.
Cautious footsteps echoed gently in the huge mine. The deeper they went into the ancient mine, the more everyone could feel that this place was far larger than imagined.
In each level of the mining area, there are miners' rest areas, tool storage areas, smelting areas, warehouse areas, and interconnected corridors. They are like an intricate ant nest, distributed in every corner of the mine.
Fortunately, Ruth was right. There are almost no magic traps and summoning circles in the most extensive mining area, but there are many magic traps and summoning circles scattered in the surrounding areas, especially those leading to the mine.
The same is true for the external area, obviously to prevent other forces from getting involved here.
Due to the fact that many magic circles have been in disrepair for a long time, and coupled with the superb methods of the bright half-elves, the process of breaking them has been extremely smooth.
In addition, several earth magicians from the wood fairies and flower fairies, including Chris, worked together to use a special recording magic crystal ball to gradually construct a detailed topographic map of the mine, just like a magic sand table.
Generally speaking, it is still being gradually improved.
Seeing that everything was proceeding in an orderly manner, Lei Xiao focused entirely on the scene of this ancient mine.
Just like what we saw at the beginning, there were scattered tools and crooked minecarts everywhere. Some of the minecarts were even filled with ore that had just been mined at that time.
However, these shallow-mined ores are relatively common and are not important resources. Lei Xiao did not collect them one by one. He just asked our personnel who entered in batches to gather them later.
What concerned Lei Xiao the most was the scene of the mine itself.
At first, Lei Xiao thought it was because the dark elves left in such a hurry that they didn't even have time to put away the final results and mining tools.
But as the observation deepened, Lei Xiao made further discoveries.
Rather than saying that the dark elves left in a hurry, it is better to say that the dark elves seemed to have suddenly disappeared into the mine, because many mine carts even blocked key positions at the entrances of various passages. This is obviously contrary to common sense.
.
It is conceivable that from the number of tools scattered on the ground and the size of the mine carts, the number of dark elves mined here must be extremely large.
If a large number of people evacuate quickly due to some kind of emergency, then the mine cart blocking the road should be pushed away, so as not to block the evacuation route, so how can it still stay in place without moving?
"Your Majesty, there is indeed a strong sense of violation here."
Bing Lao's old face was full of solemnity, and he frowned and said: "Not only are there many mine carts blocking the key positions of each passage, but there are no footprints of the dark elves at that time here. This is simply incredible."
"Senior Bing doesn't know something. The abnormal position of the mine cart is indeed worthy of note. This does not fit the scene of the dark elves evacuating in a hurry, but the lack of footprints is not a strange thing."
Gray Lao gently stroked his gray beard and explained: "Because according to the effect of the lost ruins, not only has an ancient corpse never been found in the ancient ruins from before the blank era, but also a normal human body has never been found.
Ancient footprints.”
"No normal ancient footprints ever found?"
When Bing Lao heard this, a trace of doubt emerged on his face. For him who had just woken up from Ice Stone City, it was obvious that he knew very little about the mysterious effects left over from the blank era.
"That's right, whether it is in the human race or in the vast world of the outside world, most of the ancient ruins before the blank era do not have any footprints. They are exactly the same as the situation here. A few of them have disorderly traces.
Footprints, such as footprints, do not appear on the ground, but appear on the wall or even the ceiling, etc., and many of the footprints are not symmetrical."
Hui Lao nodded heavily and responded: "Because this strange disappearance is very similar to the non-existence of ancient corpses, it has also been classified into the lost ruins effect. This has been reached a consensus among all races today.
."
After Hui Lao said this, Broy, Chris and Fanny also nodded, obviously they were all very clear about it.
As for Lei Xiao, who has already done a lot of research on these mysterious effects, he naturally knows this.
"Not only are there no ancient corpses, but there are also no footprints? There are even some misplaced and disordered footprints, which is getting more and more puzzling."
The confusion on Lao Bing's face became more and more obvious, and he looked at Lei Xiao again and said: "Your Majesty, what is all this going on?"
"Unfortunately, this is still a mystery. No one knows why ancient corpses and ancient footprints disappeared and where they went. Anyway, these do not exist in today's era."
Lei Xiao shrugged helplessly and responded: "As for the small number of misplaced and disordered footprints, some people think that there is some connection with the misplaced things, but it is just a guess without any substantial evidence to support it."
After saying that, the helpless look on Lei Xiao's face became more and more obvious.
It has to be said that whether it is corpses or footprints, it is really puzzling how they disappeared. It is indeed one of the mysterious phenomena left over from the blank era.
If the disappearance of the corpses can be barely wiped out by some powerful being, then why do the footprints also disappear? There is even a disordered and chaotic phenomenon?
"Your Majesty the Human Race, do you think the answer to the Lost Ruins Effect lies in this ancient mine? After all, judging from the current traces here, these ancient dark elves that are being mined seem to have disappeared in the mine.
inside."
Broy gently rubbed his chin and said thoughtfully: "If we understand how these ancient dark elves disappeared, we may be able to understand the truth about the lost ruins effect."
"The truth is that this is true, but it's a pity that we have no way of starting."
Lei Xiao looked at the decayed tools scattered around him and shook his head helplessly.
But just as Lei Xiao finished speaking, a sudden change occurred.
I saw that the chaotic and dilapidated scene around me suddenly changed. The mottled metal tracks became shiny. The dilapidated mine cars that were originally in a mess were all brand new. They were running slowly and automatically on the tracks. The surface of the mine cars shone brightly.
Judging from the magic lines, it is obviously blessed with some kind of automatic operation spell.
What's even more surprising is that not only have all the decayed tools scattered on the ground disappeared, but there are also a large number of footprints on the ground, and the sound of crackling ore mining can even be heard in the ears, which sounds endless.
Although all this happened extremely unexpectedly, everyone on our team immediately realized that this was obviously the scene when the mine was still operating normally.
It's just that the group of people is currently in a hall connecting the mine and the rest area. Their field of vision is relatively limited and they haven't seen anything else yet.
"Your Majesty, Human Race, have you seen it?"
I saw Ruth, who was exploring the way at the front, running back with Myron, Nar and other strong men, and said with surprise on her face: "Suddenly everything here has a new look!"
"We, we must have gone back to the past, right?"
Broy almost hugged Lei Xiao's thigh, with a look of surprise that could not be concealed on his face.
"It's absolutely impossible. Suddenly there is an air of illusion that seems to be there but not there."
Lei Xiao patted Broy's shoulder lightly, and then said: "If I guessed correctly, we should have fallen into the scene of the mine back then."
After hearing Lei Xiao's words, everyone calmed down and mobilized the energy in their bodies to deal with it.
Sure enough, with the enhancement of the five senses, the dilapidated scene around them loomed in front of everyone, forming a sharp contrast with the sudden illusion in front of them, and they were completely different from two worlds.
"It is indeed an illusion, and no traces of artificial manipulation were found. So, is this a naturally formed mirage?"
Fanny nodded thoughtfully and analyzed: "It seems that it is very likely that our arrival has changed the energy flow here, which in turn caused this sudden mirage!"
"It makes sense. Since we can see the scene in the mine back then, we naturally can't miss it."
Lei Xiao lightly snapped his fingers, and while walking towards the area of the mine outside the hall, he said: "This is the best opportunity to learn more about this mine. If what is recorded in this mirage is exactly what it is."
If it’s the last period of the mine, maybe we can still discover some unknown secrets.”
"His Majesty the Human Race is right. Whether these ancient dark elves suddenly disappeared and what happened to them in the end, as long as we understand these, we will be one step closer to the truth of the Blank Era!"
Broy looked like he was gearing up, nodded heavily and said: "Even if nothing is discovered, this will greatly help our understanding of the Silver Moon Era!"
After Broy finished speaking, Fanny, Chris, even Ruth, Nal and others also nodded, with excited expressions on their faces.
Looking at the excited expressions on everyone's faces, Lei Xiao smiled lightly.
Since the human race has just stepped out of the outer world, I have not yet shared with everyone the winged human race barrier area hidden in the human race. After all, it is the real living fossil of the Silver Moon Era.
"In any case, this opportunity is also extremely rare. Let me take a good look at the true appearance of this ancient mine."
With this thought, Lei Xiao passed through the passage he came from and returned to the vast area of the main mine. ()